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Staff Meeting – Snorkeling Time
Author: Jeffrey "Hammerhead" Philips30.06.2012
As with most large companies, quarterly or annually, it’s best to stop and assess where your business is and where you want it to go. I work for a small periodontal company and we do the same. But instead of meeting in some boring board room with a dull paint job and a conference table strewn with electronic gadgets and smudged coffee cups, we headed to a palm tree lined beach.
Melissa, Angie, June
We meet at 9 am at the Jupiter Island Beach Resort for breakfast. I’m sure that sometime between bacon and eggs, pancakes, and hash browns, we mentioned the business. This resort we chose is just south of the Jupiter Inlet and has a rock ledge that runs in front of the hotel extending north and south for about a mile. The reef is close in shore, 50 feet from the beach, and at low tide the depth ranges from eight to fifteen feet. The off-white colored beach is narrow, but has room for blue lounge chairs, white oversized umbrellas, and plastic tables for cold rum punches. At the water’s edge is a series of rectangular boulders, perfect for sitting and splashing the ocean with your feet. There are several sandy cuts so entry into the blue water is easy. Perfect for snorkeling.
Reef fish
There were not large schools of fish, but a nice variety - snappers, grunts, damsels – all willing to play with us. We entered the water around 11 am. High tide was not until 5 pm. I expected the water to be dirty. To my surprise, it wasn’t. The fish were clearly seen from the surface.
The shallowness of the water allows plenty of time on a single breath of air to explore the reef. With just a quick kick of the fins and we were at the bottom. No need to continue to kick, the Gulf Stream had just enough oomph to ease us along.
June and Angie
While helping another member of the staff with her mask and snorkel, I let June hold my camera. It is an Olympus Stylus Tough, waterproof to ten feet of water. The camera is small and compact which makes it perfect for snorkeling. You can imagine my surprise when that night as I was reviewing the day’s shots and came across the ones that June and Angie shot of themselves. Obiviously, they were having a great time.
Some of us snorkeled the day, some laid in the sun and worked on their tans, and some did both. One thing nice about working in an all woman office, the cabana boys checked on us every ten minutes. Drinks? Lunch? Towels? Phone number? Well, they checked on everyone except me.
Relaxing after a tough day
After the grueling day of planning, projecting - OK, we didn’t do any of that - we decided to retire to the pool area. And of course, get in the hot tub.
I’m fortunate to work for a small office where the doctor likes to have all day staff meetings and do some fun activities.
Until next time.
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